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o'donnell was the senate nominee back in 2008 but lost the race to long-time senator joe biden. didn't she? well, yesterday, conservative radio host dan gaffney who backed o'donnell in '08 called her out on her claim that she had won two of the state's three counties. i love it when they get caught. let's listen. >> when you were speaking at an out of state group recently and you told them that you won two out of three counties in delaware, what did you mean? >> i don't think i ever said i won two out of three counties but i -- >> well, let's listen to the audio. hold on one second because i have the audio right here. >> i was the 2008 endorsed candidate against joe biden and i won in two counties. i didn't have the support of our liberal republicans then. >> you said you won in two counties. >> you know what that probably was? you're on the campaign trail a lot. i meant tied. >> she didn't tie. they said in world war ii loose lips sink ships. this candidate's claim of having won two of delaware's three keenz isn't true. voters take note. also, that mr. dan gaffney is not to be
o'donnell was the senate nominee back in 2008 but lost the race to long-time senator joe biden. didn't she? well, yesterday, conservative radio host dan gaffney who backed o'donnell in '08 called her out on her claim that she had won two of the state's three counties. i love it when they get caught. let's listen. >> when you were speaking at an out of state group recently and you told them that you won two out of three counties in delaware, what did you mean? >> i don't think i ever...
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. >> i think that joe biden is going to draw up big. everyone wants to know if everyone's going to do it. to some extent i think it will be like nascar. is he going to make a mistake? the democrats have argued that romney's claim during last week's debate, it's actually a plan to cut $5 billion in taxes, but he did it again tonight on cnn just a short time ago. the obama attacks are false, let's see what you think here. >> he ignores the fact that they're going to limit the deduction and -- he ignores that part. obviously that was corrected by the deputy campaign manager who stipulated the $5 trillion number was wrong. it's completely wrong. the combination of limiting deductions as well as growth of our economy will make up for the reduction in rate. >> bob shrum, thank got in the rest of this discussion with wolf blitzer, he clarified the fact he's going to cut $5 trillion in revenue, a lot of it from wealthy people. >>> he's not going to the bank, he's going to let that tax cut stand. you can call it a lie, he's cutting taxes for the
. >> i think that joe biden is going to draw up big. everyone wants to know if everyone's going to do it. to some extent i think it will be like nascar. is he going to make a mistake? the democrats have argued that romney's claim during last week's debate, it's actually a plan to cut $5 billion in taxes, but he did it again tonight on cnn just a short time ago. the obama attacks are false, let's see what you think here. >> he ignores the fact that they're going to limit the...
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joe biden as jonathan writes in his piece were the joe biden of the early days in the senate as his times of a candidate in 1988 would be stunned and maybe is stunned if he saw what it's like today. when he was a candidate in '88, he was widely accessible. he was widely accessible in 2008 amongst the most fun to cover candidates i've covered. he's come a long way now. he is more coastered than back then. he's less than anyone running in big time politics today. the notion his staff can control him very much is very farfetched. he's more open and available to the press. again he's far less accessible. i approached him in vegas. i was the only to get to him. he answered one question. nothing like it would have been if he would have went semicocooned. >> here's a video you provided us before you were told to shut off the camera. >> mr. vice president, can i ask you a question? how are you? what do you think of governor romney's idea of the administration putting off the sequester for a year within an agreement? >> thank you. >> i think we should act. we can act now and get it done. >> how ar
joe biden as jonathan writes in his piece were the joe biden of the early days in the senate as his times of a candidate in 1988 would be stunned and maybe is stunned if he saw what it's like today. when he was a candidate in '88, he was widely accessible. he was widely accessible in 2008 amongst the most fun to cover candidates i've covered. he's come a long way now. he is more coastered than back then. he's less than anyone running in big time politics today. the notion his staff can control...
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he's not the guy to do this deal, joe biden is. the governor is right, when you get specific about things like high-capacity magazines, people want them limited. there's no question. in general, if you state it generally, people are confused because they know it's a constitutional right. but if you're specific, then the equation changes, and that's what the vice president is going to try to do. >> ironically it's like pro-life and pro-gun. very ironic. it's a generalized statement. >> exactly. interestingly, originally joe biden was not going to report, was not going to make his case to the president until after the state of the union, until after -- excuse me, until after the inaugural address. i think they're moving up the schedule of this because i think the president is, in fact, going to feature it in -- he's going to mention it in the inaugural -- >> is this legacy material? >> this is legacy material. also, it's not money material. in other words, we're broke as a country. there's going to be a big fight over the debt. we're
he's not the guy to do this deal, joe biden is. the governor is right, when you get specific about things like high-capacity magazines, people want them limited. there's no question. in general, if you state it generally, people are confused because they know it's a constitutional right. but if you're specific, then the equation changes, and that's what the vice president is going to try to do. >> ironically it's like pro-life and pro-gun. very ironic. it's a generalized statement....
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every time we talk about this, we are impugning the advantages of joe biden. believe he is not going to like it, not going to believe the president doesn't want to hurt him. >> i'm certainly not one to impugn joe biden, the most important person since bill clinton on the campaign trail. be campaigner in chief and is so you have the president tied one foreign policy challenges. joe biden has been out there campaigns in places that barack obama can't go. not to say that joe biden isn't a great partner, it is just to say that is out there in the ether. >> let he say something -- first give more reporting, david axelrod, probably the president's closer adviser in the white house now. "there is absolutely nothing to it the president blessed to have a spectacular vice president and outstanding secretary of state. they are both doing great work. and he wants to keep them on the job." here is something i think we have to dissemble here, hillary clinton, given her age and he having else could quite well run for president in 2016, win or lose next time, she is still eye
every time we talk about this, we are impugning the advantages of joe biden. believe he is not going to like it, not going to believe the president doesn't want to hurt him. >> i'm certainly not one to impugn joe biden, the most important person since bill clinton on the campaign trail. be campaigner in chief and is so you have the president tied one foreign policy challenges. joe biden has been out there campaigns in places that barack obama can't go. not to say that joe biden isn't a...
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i think this is teed up perfectly for joe biden. all the things we talked about last week we wished the president might have thrown at mitt romney or asked mitt romney about are even better for ryan. it was paul ryan who was confronted with chris wallace asking him about the math of the budget plan, was the one who said i just don't have time to get into that. joe biden can say, i'd like to give you all the time you need, take all the time you need, congressman ryan, and tell us which deductions you two are going to close. he can confront him on the $716 billion that he also likewise cuts from medicare. >> identical number. >> identical number. that's a wonderful thing to be teed up for vice president biden, and he can also just come at him on the issue of entitlements generally. paul ryan is somebody who apparently saved the survivor benefits that he got from social security, used them to go to a good college, and now has been a long-time advocate of privatizing social security. >> i just wish joe biden would at some point ask the
i think this is teed up perfectly for joe biden. all the things we talked about last week we wished the president might have thrown at mitt romney or asked mitt romney about are even better for ryan. it was paul ryan who was confronted with chris wallace asking him about the math of the budget plan, was the one who said i just don't have time to get into that. joe biden can say, i'd like to give you all the time you need, take all the time you need, congressman ryan, and tell us which...
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joe biden is an ordinary fella in many ways. he's somebody you'd likely meet on a golf course or a bowling alley. in other words, he wouldn't be out of place with a group of pennsylvania deer hunters. if you don't believe me, go see the movie, "deer hunter." it's a classic. so i'm confident closing the gun show loophole, gun safety and doing something about those high-capacity gun clips. it's going to be something reasonable hunters and second amendment fighters will find sensible. the more people have a say in writing the law, the better the law, the fewer the people, the worse the law. big corporations, for example, shouldn't write corporate fax law. and gun owners shouldn't be the only people involved in gun law. anybody can be
joe biden is an ordinary fella in many ways. he's somebody you'd likely meet on a golf course or a bowling alley. in other words, he wouldn't be out of place with a group of pennsylvania deer hunters. if you don't believe me, go see the movie, "deer hunter." it's a classic. so i'm confident closing the gun show loophole, gun safety and doing something about those high-capacity gun clips. it's going to be something reasonable hunters and second amendment fighters will find sensible....
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they had honest joe t shirts they rolled out with this comment and a picture of joe biden. you've seen this do this, take comments out of context and run with them. they did that with the "you didn't build that" comment from president obama. i don't know how far it goes. it's a news cycle we find something to talk about every single day and it's hard to believe this will actually last. i do think something will come up in the debate, i imagine romney will quote joe biden saying the last four years haven't been so great, and ryan's 30% comment will come up tonight or debates in the coming weeks. >> my take on biden gaffes, they're no harm so, therefore, no foul. the republicans have been caught saying very serious stuff on tape they didn't want anybody to hear. these aren't mistakes in public. it's when you're caught you don't want anybody to know about except the chosen few who gave 50,000 bucks to hear you. here's a tape of paul ryan saying 30% of americans want a welfare base, they want to live off the hog, basically. sounds like mitt romney's comments about 47%. >> today
they had honest joe t shirts they rolled out with this comment and a picture of joe biden. you've seen this do this, take comments out of context and run with them. they did that with the "you didn't build that" comment from president obama. i don't know how far it goes. it's a news cycle we find something to talk about every single day and it's hard to believe this will actually last. i do think something will come up in the debate, i imagine romney will quote joe biden saying the...
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also, momentuzzling joe biden. yes, he goes off message in terms of his language occasionally, but is it really necessary for his staff to keep trying to muzzle him? according to reporters, that's what's going on. and ohio republicans failed to respond, expand voter hours in republican areas. get it? keep democrats from voting. encourage republicans. boy, that's democracy. and finally, a new low in negative advertising. >> i'm mitt romney. americans say there's been too much negativity in this campaign and i agree. from now on, i pledge to focus on the positive. for instance, i'm positive that barack obama is a communist. >> that's positive. now, it's just a parody from jimmy kimmel that you'll see on the side show and this is "hardball." the place for politics. has become boring and tasteless... only one man can save the day... ♪ with his sweet and nutty, sweet and nutty crunchy nut ♪ delicious! [ male announcer ] kellogg's crunchy nut. it's super delicious. >>> new poll numbers in some key battleground states
also, momentuzzling joe biden. yes, he goes off message in terms of his language occasionally, but is it really necessary for his staff to keep trying to muzzle him? according to reporters, that's what's going on. and ohio republicans failed to respond, expand voter hours in republican areas. get it? keep democrats from voting. encourage republicans. boy, that's democracy. and finally, a new low in negative advertising. >> i'm mitt romney. americans say there's been too much negativity in...
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-- barack obama is pretty solid with joe biden. joe biden is out there campaigning really hard. and some biden supporters will tell you it's all well and good that hillary has terrific numbers right now. because she's secretary of state, which is a nice, positive job trying to bring world peace and not dealing with unemployment and the health care bill and all the other difficult political issues that have hurt barack obama and joe biden's standing in the country. i don't, i don't think it's a serious thing right now. now hillary wanting to be president of the united states? there's no doubt about it. james carville and there's nobody much closer to the clintons than james carville. told me of course hillary would probably like to run again, would like to lead the country, but not through the vice presidential route, unless barack obama asks her to. and i think if you think of the relationship between barack obama and the clintons, it's not likely, especially since he, obama, still has a good relationship with joe biden. >> let's a
-- barack obama is pretty solid with joe biden. joe biden is out there campaigning really hard. and some biden supporters will tell you it's all well and good that hillary has terrific numbers right now. because she's secretary of state, which is a nice, positive job trying to bring world peace and not dealing with unemployment and the health care bill and all the other difficult political issues that have hurt barack obama and joe biden's standing in the country. i don't, i don't think it's a...
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this is something joe biden was interested in in the first place. they had 50% of the people they needed to train the afghans. that is a crucial part. the other part that is just as important is how they treat the afghans to win their respect. i said general mcchrystal, there is no way you can do this. you are not going to have three years. you have a lot less time. if the president makes his decision to increase the troops you have a lot less time. the british general understood that. he was a two star working for general mcchrystal. he said we've got to the spring. we have to show progress. >> are you concerned the more troops we send to afghanistan the higher the casualty rate. could we be creating to put it blunty more targets for the taliban and ieds? >> historically, the british were forced out the russians were forced out. the more troops you put out there the more targets there are going to be. the main thing is this essential to our national security? is al qaeda so dangerous they are affecting our national security? we are going to have he
this is something joe biden was interested in in the first place. they had 50% of the people they needed to train the afghans. that is a crucial part. the other part that is just as important is how they treat the afghans to win their respect. i said general mcchrystal, there is no way you can do this. you are not going to have three years. you have a lot less time. if the president makes his decision to increase the troops you have a lot less time. the british general understood that. he was a...
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the great thing about joe biden's gaffe is their lack of malice. if no harm, no foul were rule of the day it would not have suffered so much grief. there was that time when he singled out a certain african-american candidate for president as, quote, articulate and bright and clean and a nice looking guy. that's a storybook, man. well, the man whose story that was, barack obama, got him off the hook on that one saying he had no problem with biden even though it was not accurate to say he, alone, barack obama, met that positive description for african-americans biden had given him. by the way, he picked that fellow as his vice president and running mate. there was when biden said he told members of his family during the swine flu threat he didn't want them going into confined spaces. when he kidded justice roberts about getting the presidential oath off on inaugural day or yesterday when he used a locker room idiom, he wanted the president to know and feel what a historic moment they were sharing. one this president had achieved to downright demark b
the great thing about joe biden's gaffe is their lack of malice. if no harm, no foul were rule of the day it would not have suffered so much grief. there was that time when he singled out a certain african-american candidate for president as, quote, articulate and bright and clean and a nice looking guy. that's a storybook, man. well, the man whose story that was, barack obama, got him off the hook on that one saying he had no problem with biden even though it was not accurate to say he, alone,...
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people like joe biden. at that moment in the sun when he picked biden that summer day, i was taken with the fact that a regular guy with his heart on his sleeve had risen so high. joe biden, bless his heart, hasn't changed a bit. i was fortunate to travel with the vice president on that difficult trip to israel and i can say having interviewed him
people like joe biden. at that moment in the sun when he picked biden that summer day, i was taken with the fact that a regular guy with his heart on his sleeve had risen so high. joe biden, bless his heart, hasn't changed a bit. i was fortunate to travel with the vice president on that difficult trip to israel and i can say having interviewed him
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and his successor, joe biden, was ready to fight back. how many burrs does cheney have in his saddle? let's find out. ron kirstie is shaking his head. he worked for vice president cheney in the bush administration. and robert shrum is out in l.a. where the weather's fine. long identified with no democratic administration, but with ted kennedy. here's cheney, by the way, on abc's this week, the sunday show, criticizing what he called the mindset of the obama administration. then you're going to hear vice president biden reacting on cbs's "face the nation." let's watch. >> it's the mind-set that concerns me, john. i think its "important to go back and keep in mind the distinction between handling these events as a criminal act which is what we did before 9/11. and then looking at 9/11 and saying, this is not a criminal act. not when you destroy 16 acres of manhattan, kill 3,000 americans, blow a big hole in the pentagon. that's an act of war. >> it is an act of war what took place. the fact of the matter is, the bulk of the people who were
and his successor, joe biden, was ready to fight back. how many burrs does cheney have in his saddle? let's find out. ron kirstie is shaking his head. he worked for vice president cheney in the bush administration. and robert shrum is out in l.a. where the weather's fine. long identified with no democratic administration, but with ted kennedy. here's cheney, by the way, on abc's this week, the sunday show, criticizing what he called the mindset of the obama administration. then you're going to...
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joe biden has been pushing it on the trail, which was about abortion rights. i think this is going to be something where the president is going to -- >> i'm sorry, maggie, you're missing a point. >> tell me. >> i missed it, too. eric fehrnstrom, andrea saul did the same thing, the same damn thing, romney said that he doesn't have any legislation dealing with abortion. she comes out and says he's pro-life. >> and the next day romney went back and said actually we will defund planned parenthood and that is what i think -- >> shrum, again, the cleanup crew comes in a few hours later, covers up the problem, but it's too late because the big audience got it in the next day's paper or got it on the tube that night. >> that's why the president's got to do this and he's got to do it in the debate. he's got to do it on the issue of choice. he's got to do it on a whole range of women's issues including equal pay, for example, and lily ledbetter, which paul ryan voted against. he's got to do it on immigration. i think those questions are going to come up because so far w
joe biden has been pushing it on the trail, which was about abortion rights. i think this is going to be something where the president is going to -- >> i'm sorry, maggie, you're missing a point. >> tell me. >> i missed it, too. eric fehrnstrom, andrea saul did the same thing, the same damn thing, romney said that he doesn't have any legislation dealing with abortion. she comes out and says he's pro-life. >> and the next day romney went back and said actually we will...
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joe biden has been out there campaigns in places that barack obama can't go. not to say that joe bidenantment is a great partner, it is just to say that is out there in the ether. >> let he say something -- first give more reporting, david axelrod, probably the president's closer adviser in the white house now. there is absolutely nothing to it the president blessed to have a spectacular vice president and outstanding secretary of state. they are both doing great work and he wants to keep them on the job. here is something i think we have to dissemble here, accept par rate, ar arianna and then andrea. hillary clinton, given her age and he having else could quite well run for president in 2016, win or lose next time, she is ideal in the queue, behind him to run for the president next time. she runs are. but not -- it doesn't help her to be carrying the saddle bags of the vice presidency. this idea that the vice presidency is a big leg up to the president, since when? it worked for one guy in this century, george w. bush. george bush's father, rather. generally
joe biden has been out there campaigns in places that barack obama can't go. not to say that joe bidenantment is a great partner, it is just to say that is out there in the ether. >> let he say something -- first give more reporting, david axelrod, probably the president's closer adviser in the white house now. there is absolutely nothing to it the president blessed to have a spectacular vice president and outstanding secretary of state. they are both doing great work and he wants to keep...
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. >> i've been watching joe biden for years and years and he has that wonderful thing he does. he goes like this. >> he is a great -- has a great "i'm listening very intently and i'm interested" -- >> back to you, chuck. >> the accomplishment, somebody said they wanted a whole mystery science theater just on boehner and biden. >> how they look. >> doing little thought bubbles what they're doing physically and all that stuff. on the accomplishment list i thought it was interesting what he emphasized and what he de-emphasized. he still doesn't know how to deal with health care and that is an interesting conundrum that the obama campaign has decided. >> use the heritage foundation talking points. we want every american to take responsibility for their health care to the extent they can afford it. >> this was blown from the very beginning. they gave the message on health care to the republicans when they were in the middle of getting it passed. they win the legislation and lose the message war. you know, ultimately that's why you hear, boy, that's one thing that romney and gingrich
. >> i've been watching joe biden for years and years and he has that wonderful thing he does. he goes like this. >> he is a great -- has a great "i'm listening very intently and i'm interested" -- >> back to you, chuck. >> the accomplishment, somebody said they wanted a whole mystery science theater just on boehner and biden. >> how they look. >> doing little thought bubbles what they're doing physically and all that stuff. on the accomplishment...
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joe biden made a point this deadline is real a quote from joe biden in the book. a quote in joe biden's box. everybody talks out of school, i work here. there is a lot of kibbitzing any place you work, don't want to be held to it. bob woodward around, somebody will quote you and you are nailed for life, because as long as that other person lives, that book is on their shelf with your quote in it. here is joe biden talking about richard holbrooke the special afpak envoy. "he's the most egotistical bastard i've ever met." these kind of quotes. petraeus referring to david axelrod, the president's spin doctor. he called him a complete spin doctor. i guess that is what you are supposed to call a spin doctor. but a lot of these quotes are they going to cause trouble politically and in terms of policy or are they just the usual, as i said, kibbitzing? andrea? >> i think inside the white house and we should point out what the vice president said about richard holbrooke is he is the most egotistical bastard i ever met but he is probably the right guy for the job. so there
joe biden made a point this deadline is real a quote from joe biden in the book. a quote in joe biden's box. everybody talks out of school, i work here. there is a lot of kibbitzing any place you work, don't want to be held to it. bob woodward around, somebody will quote you and you are nailed for life, because as long as that other person lives, that book is on their shelf with your quote in it. here is joe biden talking about richard holbrooke the special afpak envoy. "he's the most...
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but joe biden won in delaware even as his state was going for nixon and i think if you pull this off, you will be a man to be watched for years and years. thank you very much, richard carmona running for the united states senate in arizona. up next, a new pbs documentary on this race, the 2012 presidential race, explores how mitt romney's mormon faith shapes him as a politician and his ambitions and how romney and obama came back from bruising losses early in their political careers and that's ahead. this is "hardball," the place for politics. mike rowe here at d dealer with a little q&a for fiona. tell me fiona, who's having a big tire event? your ford dealer. who has 11 major brands to choose from? your ford dealer. who's offering a rebate? your ford dealer. who has the low price tire guarantee... affording peace of mind to anyone who might be in the market for a new set of tires? your ford dealer. i'm beginning to sense a pattern. buy four select tires, get a $60 rebate. use the ford service credit credit card, get $60 more. that's up to $120. where did you get that sweater vest? y
but joe biden won in delaware even as his state was going for nixon and i think if you pull this off, you will be a man to be watched for years and years. thank you very much, richard carmona running for the united states senate in arizona. up next, a new pbs documentary on this race, the 2012 presidential race, explores how mitt romney's mormon faith shapes him as a politician and his ambitions and how romney and obama came back from bruising losses early in their political careers and that's...
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pilots. >>> now to joe biden who found himself in an unfamiliar situation today, speechless. here he is on "morning joe" along with the sarah palin clip he's reacting to. >> if you ran for president, could you beat barack obama? >> i believe so. >> well, i -- look -- i -- get me in trouble. i -- i don't think she could beat president obama but you know -- she's always underestimated, so i think i shouldn't say any more. >>> speaking of 2012, the des moines register -- he may be intellectually gifted, but no rock star. 67, looks his age, working on the paunch with a personal trainer but can't match palin or barbour when it comes to charisma. ouch. >>> how much will it cost to run for president? republican leaders estimate the minimum amount a gop candidate will need in 2012, $35 million. that's tonight's big number. 35 million. >>> up next, republicans block unemployment benefits and at the same time, are pushing to keep bush tax cuts. democrats say the republicans are helping the rich and helping the poor. you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. ♪ [ growls ] ♪ ♪ [ pol
pilots. >>> now to joe biden who found himself in an unfamiliar situation today, speechless. here he is on "morning joe" along with the sarah palin clip he's reacting to. >> if you ran for president, could you beat barack obama? >> i believe so. >> well, i -- look -- i -- get me in trouble. i -- i don't think she could beat president obama but you know -- she's always underestimated, so i think i shouldn't say any more. >>> speaking of 2012, the des...
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do you leave the president, or do you believe joe biden? because the president says we're not leaving basically in july. we're only going to start maybe moving out of there slowly. joe biden says large numbers will be coming out of there next july. who is telling the facts? >> we have to have a timetable, chris. we have to make sure that our young men and women, some have served one, two, three, four tours of duty. we have to have clarity. we have to have a timetable. again, the president committed to december for a review. he committed to july to begin to end this. again, personally, we should end it quicker than that, but i think we have to have clarity from the white house. that's why many members of congress wrote a letter, and we're going to stand by that and continue with this debate that should have been done nine years ago. >> i like your letter, congresswoman pingree. i like your letter. i think it asks for clarity. do you think you'll get it? >> i don't know if we'll be successful this time but we have to continue to have this deb
do you leave the president, or do you believe joe biden? because the president says we're not leaving basically in july. we're only going to start maybe moving out of there slowly. joe biden says large numbers will be coming out of there next july. who is telling the facts? >> we have to have a timetable, chris. we have to make sure that our young men and women, some have served one, two, three, four tours of duty. we have to have clarity. we have to have a timetable. again, the president...
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joe biden. there's a story in "the wall street journal" today joe biden says he might run regardless. this is a huge process. i compare it to an iceberg. the little part your average voter sees above the water, there's a giants formation below the water that's all of the stuff we're talking about now. so look, you cover it if there's news. she is acting in political ways on a political landscape. i think we all need to write about that. >> amy, what's the first year you can run for class president? is it high school, freshman year? these guys and women show their hand that day, 13 years old. hillary clinton was the star of her graduating class at wellesley. no doubt about it from the beginning before she met this guy named bill from arkansas she had her eye on the prize. this is something that comes with the territory. usually the guys but here we have a woman. i think the woman's movement behind hillary is bigger than her. i think the reason she will run and maybe win is the power of women my a
joe biden. there's a story in "the wall street journal" today joe biden says he might run regardless. this is a huge process. i compare it to an iceberg. the little part your average voter sees above the water, there's a giants formation below the water that's all of the stuff we're talking about now. so look, you cover it if there's news. she is acting in political ways on a political landscape. i think we all need to write about that. >> amy, what's the first year you can run...
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joe biden, back in 1972, bumped out a guy who d won the house seat -- and you go in here, dan, you're the expert. a house member, senate member, for "x" many terms.n joe biden at the age of 29 knocked him out of his seat and held it for 40 year, so isn't it possible christine o'donnell could be a senator for life? we don't know, do we? >> what myriginal opinion was that if she wins tomorrow, we would say hello, senator coons. but i'm starting to think if she pulls it off tomorrow, she could do anything. >> what's your state like these days? is it as unhappy as the rest of the country and could say, she's not quite prepared or maybe this other fellownes has more executive experience. thloc way that we make decisions may not play out this year. >> n chr, it's very emotional. there's a lot of antiestablishment, anti-incumbent sentiment. the tea party is strong. there are three counties, the two lower county, much more conservative, much more likely to go to christine o'donnell. the others, the city of urban. more likely to go to mike cassel. w however, will he win enough to take the whol
joe biden, back in 1972, bumped out a guy who d won the house seat -- and you go in here, dan, you're the expert. a house member, senate member, for "x" many terms.n joe biden at the age of 29 knocked him out of his seat and held it for 40 year, so isn't it possible christine o'donnell could be a senator for life? we don't know, do we? >> what myriginal opinion was that if she wins tomorrow, we would say hello, senator coons. but i'm starting to think if she pulls it off...
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biden when he ran for president, none of them were out there championing an assault weapon ban. it's dead in congress right now because of public opinion. again, i'll say the well meaning people trying to change the debate on this have spent time and some resources overwhelmed by resources on the other side trying to change it and they haven't. >> last word, tom. >> frankly, i think people have given up in this country. it's clear we go from one strategy to the next. i think people have simply given up. they have seen nothing has been done by political leaders, they see the power of the gun lobby and they have given up. they don't look at the reality that other free nations don't have this problem. it's shameful the level we have, the level of gun violence and yet we do nothing. those other countries have done something. can you argue those nations are not free? are they somehow less free than us? there's a lot more concern for the individual. >> my brother is a gun guy and i'll tell you there are people who say they don't wan to live in europe because of that. there are gun vot
biden when he ran for president, none of them were out there championing an assault weapon ban. it's dead in congress right now because of public opinion. again, i'll say the well meaning people trying to change the debate on this have spent time and some resources overwhelmed by resources on the other side trying to change it and they haven't. >> last word, tom. >> frankly, i think people have given up in this country. it's clear we go from one strategy to the next. i think people...
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joe biden had. it has limited effect. this bain capital thing is something that mitt romney has to figure out. it's a very tough attack. >> let me remind you if you're a candidate. teddy kennedy. the damage he did to who was my candidate at the time, jimmy carter, was so ferocious. by the time reagan came along it was easy. the damage done in primaries does stick through to the primary. >> but he was the incumbent. that's it different. >> there is a difference. >> let me tell you something. >> thank you. coming up -- a preview of coming attractions. if president obama runs against wall street greed and mitt romney runs against washington, who wins? by the way, they've both got a problem. you're watching "hardball" on msnbc. ♪ [ male announcer ] you never know when a moment might turn into something more. and when it does men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their ability to be ready with cialis for daily use. cialis for daily use is a clinically proven low-dose tablet you take every day, so you can be
joe biden had. it has limited effect. this bain capital thing is something that mitt romney has to figure out. it's a very tough attack. >> let me remind you if you're a candidate. teddy kennedy. the damage he did to who was my candidate at the time, jimmy carter, was so ferocious. by the time reagan came along it was easy. the damage done in primaries does stick through to the primary. >> but he was the incumbent. that's it different. >> there is a difference. >> let me...
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now, to vice president joe biden, who found himself in an unfamiliar situation today. momentarily speechless. here he so"morning joe" along with the sarah palin dlap he's reacting to. let's listen. >> if you ran for president, could you beat barack obama? >> i believe so. >> well -- [ laughter ] well, look, i -- i, i, i -- you'll get me in trouble. >> okay, okay. >> i don't think she could beat president obama but you know she's always underestimated so you know i think -- i think i shouldn't say anymore. >> speaking of 2012, the des moines register gives a blunt assessment of newt gingrich's chances. the paper's political columnist writes, quote, he may be intellectually gifted but gingrich's no rock star. he's 6 sech and looks his age. he's workoth paunch with a personal trainer but he can't match palin or mississippi glp barbour when it comes to car mace. ouch. and tonight's big number. how much will it cost to run for president? republican leaders estimate that the minimum amount of money a gop candidate will need to run for president in 2012, $35 million. that's t
now, to vice president joe biden, who found himself in an unfamiliar situation today. momentarily speechless. here he so"morning joe" along with the sarah palin dlap he's reacting to. let's listen. >> if you ran for president, could you beat barack obama? >> i believe so. >> well -- [ laughter ] well, look, i -- i, i, i -- you'll get me in trouble. >> okay, okay. >> i don't think she could beat president obama but you know she's always underestimated so...
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. >> who did joe biden from the vice president's spot for bill clinton. >> he's the big dog. he's elvis. he's bubba. he's everything. anyway, thank you, gene robinson, and thank you, jonathan allen. when we return let me finish with the bind mitt romney finds himself in. he doesn't know who he's supposed to be. this is confusing. this is a revolting development for this guy, what happened with his spokesman saying he's really for health care. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. age these da. but where's the relationship status? well, esurance is now in a relationship...with allstate. and it looks pretty serious. esurance. click or call. >>> let me finish tonight with this. jack kennedy once said he felt sorry for his presidential rival dick nixon because nixon could never decide who he really was. on every public occasion, he had to decide how to present himself. in other words, which nixon to be. should he be the high-toned statesman or the rabid partisan? he always had to sweat that position right there before the klieg lights. now fast-forward to today and
. >> who did joe biden from the vice president's spot for bill clinton. >> he's the big dog. he's elvis. he's bubba. he's everything. anyway, thank you, gene robinson, and thank you, jonathan allen. when we return let me finish with the bind mitt romney finds himself in. he doesn't know who he's supposed to be. this is confusing. this is a revolting development for this guy, what happened with his spokesman saying he's really for health care. you're watching "hardball,"...
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finally joe biden reports for duty. the vice president showed up for jury duty in wilmington, delaware to offer his services as a prospective juror. he wasn't bummed about it either. he told a local newspaper i don't consider myself different than any other person. it is an honor to be part of the system. he's right on that one. the vice president, however, was dismissed, that many of us often are. imagine knowing that good old joe biden might send you to the big house. that would be weird, wouldn't it? now for tonight's new number. how many economists said they are more optimistic about the economy than they were three months ago. you'll love this number for once. nine out of 10 economist, those of the so-called dismal science see brighter days ahead. 9 out of 10 economists are more excited about the good economic news coming. a great feel good big number. up next the tea party keeps gobbling up the gop. that's very good news for the democrats, you might say. they are going and taking already new hampshire. the live fr
finally joe biden reports for duty. the vice president showed up for jury duty in wilmington, delaware to offer his services as a prospective juror. he wasn't bummed about it either. he told a local newspaper i don't consider myself different than any other person. it is an honor to be part of the system. he's right on that one. the vice president, however, was dismissed, that many of us often are. imagine knowing that good old joe biden might send you to the big house. that would be weird,...
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joe biden working the rope lines keeping the majority democrats in the majority. tonight's "hardball" big number. >>> up next, president obama's failure to win the olympics for chicago is shining a light on his accomplishments such as they are. it's "saturday night live" who may have nailed it. despite a lot of campaign promises, this president doesn't have much to brag about yet. how badly does president obama need something to go right? he needs a "w" somewhere. what are the consequences if he can't get a win and soon? ( inspiring music playing ) someday, cars will be engineered using nanotechnology to convert plants into components. the first-ever hs hybrid. only from lexus. the sparkly flakes. the honey-baked bunches! the magic's in the mix. my favorite part? eating it. honey bunches of oats. taste the joy we put in every spoonful. honey bunches of oats. we call the bunches in honey bunches of oats the prize in the box. well, now there's a prize inside the prize. pecans! pecans! baked into crunchy oat bunches. taste the delicious surprise in every spoonful. ne
joe biden working the rope lines keeping the majority democrats in the majority. tonight's "hardball" big number. >>> up next, president obama's failure to win the olympics for chicago is shining a light on his accomplishments such as they are. it's "saturday night live" who may have nailed it. despite a lot of campaign promises, this president doesn't have much to brag about yet. how badly does president obama need something to go right? he needs a "w"...
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in the book i described at crucial moments where it's joe biden who comes in with the old approach. he is the -- he's called the mcconnell whisperer. >> the horse whisperer? >> yeah, the guy that can deal with mitch mcconnell, the senate leader but biden can sit down with him and say, one for you, one for me, we're going to cut a deal. >> and what does mcconnell say? >> as long as you don't raise taxes, i'll go along with it. >> but you can never sell that, as you point out, to the pelosi party. 180 democrats are not going to sign any deal that doesn't have some kind of balance with revenue and spending cuts. >> but if you dig into this, as i spent 18 months doing, talked to the republicans, talked to speaker boehner, they all feel that they can get -- you know, if they agree on something, and they stand before the microphones and the cameras and say, this is the deal, this is in the interest of the country in the long run that people will swallow some of that dogma but they never got to that point. and so now we're dancing on the edge of the razor blade. >> i'll see you on sunday w
in the book i described at crucial moments where it's joe biden who comes in with the old approach. he is the -- he's called the mcconnell whisperer. >> the horse whisperer? >> yeah, the guy that can deal with mitch mcconnell, the senate leader but biden can sit down with him and say, one for you, one for me, we're going to cut a deal. >> and what does mcconnell say? >> as long as you don't raise taxes, i'll go along with it. >> but you can never sell that, as you...
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this was done, as i understand, by joe biden. he went over there, the vice president, he had to deal with mcconnell. >> i think that senator kyl was heavily involved in this as well. but you know, how do you do a bottom line on this? to me, there are two tests. test number one, compare to what? if the deal goes down now, what happens, i think if the deal goes down it gets relitigated in the next congress because no one in the middle of 9.8% unemployment wants all the middle income tax cuts to die. and if it gets relitigated in the next congress, i think that the odds are that all of the adverse elements of the package remain. maybe even get worse. and the positive aspects of the package get diluted. >> i heard that argument, bob. once, in other words, once they get control of the house and it looks like they'll numerically hold the senate. in terms of voting on this issue of extending the rich people's tax cuts, they had a majority in both houses. they would jam through the tax increases or tax cuts for the rich and give the demo
this was done, as i understand, by joe biden. he went over there, the vice president, he had to deal with mcconnell. >> i think that senator kyl was heavily involved in this as well. but you know, how do you do a bottom line on this? to me, there are two tests. test number one, compare to what? if the deal goes down now, what happens, i think if the deal goes down it gets relitigated in the next congress because no one in the middle of 9.8% unemployment wants all the middle income tax...
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joe biden working the rope lines keeping the majority democrats in the majority. tonight's "hardball" big number. >>> up next, president obama's failure to win the olympics for chicago is shedding failure in light of his accomplishments e. and "saturday night live" may have nailed it. this president doesn't have much to brag about yet. how badly does president obama need something to go right? he needs a w somewhere. and what are the consequences if he can't get a win, and soon? you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. old el paso stand 'n stuff. true genius. mexican style. if we never had to get well soon, would we simply stay well always? there's a place to find out. at walgreens, we're redefining what it means to be well... with products and advice you can count on every day. in every area of your life. so join us, and stay well soon. walgreens. there's a way to stay well. walgreens. [ birds squawking ] [ moos ] [ man announcing ] if you think about it, this is what makes theladders different from other job search sites. we only want the big jobs. welcome to
joe biden working the rope lines keeping the majority democrats in the majority. tonight's "hardball" big number. >>> up next, president obama's failure to win the olympics for chicago is shedding failure in light of his accomplishments e. and "saturday night live" may have nailed it. this president doesn't have much to brag about yet. how badly does president obama need something to go right? he needs a w somewhere. and what are the consequences if he can't get a...
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joe biden working the rope lines keeping the majority democrats in the majority. tonight's "hardball" big number. >>> up next, president obama's failure to win the olympics for chicago is shining a light on his accomplishments such as they are. it's "saturday night live" who may have nailed it. despite a lot of campaign promises, this president doesn't have much to brag about yet. how badly does president obama need something to go right? he needs a "w" somewhere. what are the consequences if he can't get a win and soon? if we never had to get well soon, would we simply stay well always? there's a place to find out. at walgreens, we're redefining what it means to be well... with products and advice you can count on every day. in every area of your life. so join us, and stay well soon. walgreens. there's a way to stay well. walgreens. this country definitely needs to focus on other ways to get energy. we should be looking closer to home. there are places off the continental shelf. natural gas can be a part of the solution. i think we need to work on wind resources.
joe biden working the rope lines keeping the majority democrats in the majority. tonight's "hardball" big number. >>> up next, president obama's failure to win the olympics for chicago is shining a light on his accomplishments such as they are. it's "saturday night live" who may have nailed it. despite a lot of campaign promises, this president doesn't have much to brag about yet. how badly does president obama need something to go right? he needs a "w"...
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open seats in delaware, where joe biden gave up that seat, in illinois where barack obama gave up his seat, nd byron dorgan, indiana. and blanch lincoln in big trouble in arkansas, harry reid in nevada, the problem in nebraska. you have, no, you have harry reid in nevada, arlen specter in pennsylvania and michael bennett in colorado. barbara boxer is much closer to her rival than ever be. is this thing going on in texas going to go on elsewhere? wayne? >> absolutely it is. there are a couple of messages that came out of texas last night. one is the message is it is washington, stupid. any politician running for office, primary or general election, democrat or republican who doesn't recognize that now is in for a rude awakening. the other is subtle, who you are, define your opponent before your opponent defines you. the person who can define your opponent better than you can define -- defines yourself before you are defined by your opponent is a winner. rob portman in ohio. this is a guy, if i were he, i would say i have never been east of murietta, ohio. it is a message that will reso
open seats in delaware, where joe biden gave up that seat, in illinois where barack obama gave up his seat, nd byron dorgan, indiana. and blanch lincoln in big trouble in arkansas, harry reid in nevada, the problem in nebraska. you have, no, you have harry reid in nevada, arlen specter in pennsylvania and michael bennett in colorado. barbara boxer is much closer to her rival than ever be. is this thing going on in texas going to go on elsewhere? wayne? >> absolutely it is. there are a...
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there by vice president joe biden. right now, we're joined by politico's jonathan allen and sam stichbt "huffington post." this is for the administration to focus on education and moving forward. how did he do? is. fairly well. i think part of the issue here is we're about to enter a season debates, debt ceiling fights will dominate the political landscape and what the president and the administration is trying sort of preframe the debate. they're talking about student debt while republicans on capitol hill are talking about the abstract debt relating to pocketbook issues while the care. right. there's always the possibility off of this by domestic. this is something they've tried do before and it presets the and october. >> jonathan, what's the likelihood this rating system that the president has put forward with regard to colleges get support in the congress? >> i think most of what the gotten support in the congress. what you would see is the winners pitted against the losers. you've got colleges in congressional di
there by vice president joe biden. right now, we're joined by politico's jonathan allen and sam stichbt "huffington post." this is for the administration to focus on education and moving forward. how did he do? is. fairly well. i think part of the issue here is we're about to enter a season debates, debt ceiling fights will dominate the political landscape and what the president and the administration is trying sort of preframe the debate. they're talking about student debt while...
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plus joe biden stuck it to mitt romney in an op-ed piece saying mitt romney would double down on the very policy, the economic policies that actually caused the great recession. we're going to talk to the "hardball" strategists about what romney and the other republican hopefuls need to do between now and the iowa caucuses january 3 to seal the deal. >>> also, what republican turned down desperate pleas he run for president won't say know when it comes to being a v.p., that's in the "side show," and it's our last show before christmas. that means it's time for the new york magazine critic david and me to go over or top movies of the year. many have political issues. >>> we start with president obama playing "hardball." michael steele is here, and he's dressed in fine christmas fare. bob, you're in your usual suit. i see no sign of christmas on you, except -- >> it's red, it's red, chris. >> red, pink -- >> we have decked the halls with bows of holly here, and you, sir, are pathetically pink. >> i wouldn't wear that coat that michael has on. he wearing it well. >> it's a zippered swea
plus joe biden stuck it to mitt romney in an op-ed piece saying mitt romney would double down on the very policy, the economic policies that actually caused the great recession. we're going to talk to the "hardball" strategists about what romney and the other republican hopefuls need to do between now and the iowa caucuses january 3 to seal the deal. >>> also, what republican turned down desperate pleas he run for president won't say know when it comes to being a v.p., that's...